There’s nothing to be ashamed of: you list things, I list things, we all list things. (That’s my 729th favorite sentence of the day.) Best TV episodes, greatest films, something about books, probably; it’s only natural. That’s why it can be tempting to start working on, say, your favorite albums of 2013 list halfway through the year, in the middle of June, but then something like Arcade Fire’s Reflektor comes along and blows the competition out of the Nestlé Waters Canada. I’m assuming, that is. I haven’t heard the album yet, but if the whole thing’s as good as “Afterlife,” holy sh*t.

Totally agreed…I’ve loved Afterlife since the moment we met, this album is shaping up to be one hell of a doozy…the links broken, was this the studio version? I can’t bring myself to wait another week for the greatness of this thing

You can probably post their performance of the song on SNL via hulu right? Either way the song is great… so is ‘Normal Person’ which you can also find on soundcloud. Saw Arcade Fire last Saturday in NY and they played nearly half of the new album. So far so good!

I agree that “best of the year” lists should be completed in December. I find it absurd to think that anyone who listens to Arcade Fire, then listens to Dream Theater would even think to include whatever it is they do in the best category. Dream Theater should win “best” for their new album hands down.

I lol’d a little bit at talk of “best album” lists when nobody’s actually heard the entire Reflektor album. Sure, it may turn out to be awesome. Or it may turn out to be exactly like 99% of albums released since forever: one, maybe two, good songs and then eight or nine songs that blow.